Youths from the Southern Senatorial district of Ondo state, on Sunday, protested over the ten years power outage in the area and the marginalisation of the people in the coastal communities in the state.
The protesting youths, under the auspices of Ilaje Advancement Forum (IAF) blocked all the major roads leading to Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, chanting anti-government songs,”No light, no election.”
This led to traffic gridlock in the town and paralysed all commercial activities for more than eight hours as the youths armed with placards embarked on a peaceful procession.
Some of the inscription on the placards read: “Ilaje: enough is enough;” What offence has Ilaje people committed;” “Ondo State government has failed us;” OSOPADEC is fake,” NDDC is fraud;” The Federal Government has failed in service delivery,” “Our…
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